PTI leaders brief diplomatic corps on political condition

Inform envoys they seek fair elections to end instability in country

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary General Asad Umar on Tuesday informed diplomats that their party was seeking free and transparent elections to end political instability in the country.

The PTI leaders held a ‘breakfast meeting’ with the diplomatic corps. The meeting was organised by Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins, which was attended by European and Muslim countries’ ambassadors.

پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے وائس چیئرمین @SMQureshiPTI اور سیکرٹری جنرل پاکستان تحریک انصاف، @Asad_Umar کی اسلام آباد میں ڈپلومیٹک کور کے ساتھ "بریک فاسٹ میٹنگ"

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— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 21, 2023

Qureshi said that they exchanged views on the regional and overall political situation of the country.

Both the PTI leaders told the diplomats about their party’s demand for fair elections as per schedule in order to end the atmosphere of ongoing political instability.

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The PTI vice chairman said, “We are deeply grateful to the Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins for organizing this breakfast meeting.”

The former ruling PTI had been pushing for general elections in the country by taking out rallies after Imran Khan was ousted as the prime minister through a vote of no confidence in April last year.

The party also dissolved the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies in a bid to force the incumbent PML-N government to go for snap polls.

As Imran is embroiled in different cases, his appearance in courts is causing chaos with his supporters confronting security personnel, which led to violent clashes both in Islamabad and Lahore.